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Severe thunderstorms struck southeastern Michigan late Wednesday, lifting houses off foundations, uprooting trees, toppling power lines and killing at least six people. Three children and one adult who had sought shelter under a gazebo in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Farms were killed when the gazebo was blown into Lake St. Clair. A woman was killed by a fallen tree in Flint, where an estimated 50 homes were damaged. More than 10 mobile homes were destroyed and at least one person was killed when high wind and heavy rain pummeled a trailer park near Holly, about midway between Detroit and Flint.

The 5th annual Music at the Gazebo concert series presented by the Itasca Park District is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays in July at the Gazebo, Maple Street and Irving Park Road, Itasca. Scheduled performers for the free concerts include The Barefoot Hawaiians playing Hawaiian music Wednesday (July 10); The Movies with pop and rock music July 17; Chicago Footwarmer performing jazz July 24; and Jennifer Nolan Miller playing Show Tune Concert July 31.

A vandal on Wednesday morning knocked down a light post, shattered a flower pot, and set fire to a windscreen on the gazebo at the Town Square Shopping Center, 100 S. Roselle Rd. Total damage was estimated at $1,800.

A homeless man was robbed last week near the Gazebo in McCarty Park at New York Street and West Park Place, police said. The victim said a man rode up on a bicycle and repeatedly punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. The attacker took $80 from the victim's pocket and rode off.

Two "No Skateboarding" signs were reported stolen Wednesday from wooden posts at a Schaumburg park area at 140 S. Roselle Rd., police said. The signs have a total value of $1,600. A picnic table was also taken from a gazebo at the park and tossed into a nearby pond.

One of the village's founding fathers, Ellsworth Meineke, reached his final resting place long ago-and now, so has his gazebo. It has taken eight years, but the gleaming white shelter is firmly planted at the southeast corner of Plum Grove and Schaumburg Roads, after a team of movers escorted it recently down Golf Road from neighboring Hoffman Estates. It was a mix up that began after Meineke died more than a decade ago. His son David Meineke disregarded ties to Schaumburg and donated the octagonal frame structure to Hoffman Estates.

Construction is expected to start in the next few weeks on a half-acre park where people will be able to view 14-acre wetlands. The park will be built at the Cambridge Walk subdivision on County Farm Road. It will include a playground and a gazebo at a cost of about $135,000, said Keith Gorczyca, director of parks and recreation. People will not be allowed to walk in the village-owned wetlands, but they will be able to sit at the gazebo and look for wildlife. "There are blue heron in there and a couple of other birds that are on the endangered species list," Gorczyca said.

The Village Board will soon consider a preliminary master plan for restoring General Fry's Landing north of the canal at Stephens Street. According to village planner Dana Jenkins, the village has been relying on volunteer efforts to build a gazebo and landscape the historic site along the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Jenkins said the village hopes to build an interpretative center that would also serve as a historical museum. Now, though, the site is primarily a gravel parking lot that includes a walkway with the gazebo, bricks and landscaping.

Fox Lake will celebrate the 4th of July and dedicate the new Millennium Park on Saturday with daylong activities at sites around town. A craft show will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. by the gazebo at Rollins Road and East Grand Avenue. A parade will step off at 11 a.m. from Grant High School at West Grand Avenue and Devlin Road to lead spectators back to the gazebo for the park dedication. The dedication party will include face painting, games for kids and entertainment by the Michael Lester Band and Swing Billy.

By A digest of coming events, compiled by Carlos Morales | June 22, 1997

Five historic homes will be on display Sunday at This Olde Housewalk, sponsored by the Joliet Cathedral Area Preservation Association. The homes include a brick Italianate mansion built in 1882, a restored, painted home with scrollwork ornamentation built in 1875, a Victorian frame home built on an acre lot in 1890, a Prairie-style home built in 1912, and a foursquare home built in 1908. The Cathedral Area on the west side of Joliet contains a variety of architectural styles.